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Comments for WILLIAM:
In the US, often pronounced in two syllables (not three) as WILL-yum or WILL-yem. [noted -ed]-- AnnaClaire 4/15/2005
What a great name, it will never get old.-- Anonymous User 4/28/2005
I love this name. It reminds me of a strong, good-willed person, though it sounds kind of fancy. But it's still one of my favorite names.-- trayc53 5/14/2005
I knew a man named William, and he said that the name meant "Great Protector", and I think that is a worthwhile goal to live up to! When I think of the name William, I think of someone strong, yet tender and kind. A man with honor, integrity, and valor!-- Anonymous User 6/7/2005
My Father's name was William and it is a very strong masculine name. Very dignified. I think it is a great name.-- Anonymous User 8/27/2005
Justice William Rehnquist, who recently passed away, bore this name. Justice Rehnquist was a United States jurist who served as an associate justice in the U.S. Surpreme Court from 1972 to 1986, when he was appointed chief justice (born 1924).-- Tbird 9/6/2005
I think William is a great name. It's simple and dignified. It was also the name of my late maternal grandfather. He was a great guy, and I've decided to name my first son after him.-- Phoenix Flower 10/1/2005
One very famous person who bore this name was William Wallace the great Scotish hero.-- swordsmanoffire 10/6/2005
The great Will Smith is named, "William". He is awesome.-- kassi42 10/7/2005
Such a great name, it will never go out of style. It has a very strong and respectable connotation, I always think of Prince William!-- CarrieBear 10/9/2005
As bearer of this name I have looked up its meaning on a number of different occasions. The most common definition I have found is "protector" which really appeals to me. I am the eldest child of three, and I have always found it to be my duty to protect my younger brother and sister. I am also very protective of other family members and close friends. I've always wondered if my name has had some sort of affect upon my character, or if my personality just happened to coincide with the name's meaning.
As a bit of a side note, Brad Pitt’s first name is actually William. I don’t really know what that has to do with anything, but I thought that was kind of neat.-- felixaxel 11/6/2005
I have a son named Justin William and I think it is a very strong name. He is also very nice looking. Both the names are beautiful.-- meme 11/12/2005
Famous bearer is Prince William of England of course! The future king.-- Anonymous User 11/21/2005
William V is probably the name that will be used by the actual Prince William of Wales (William Arthur Philip Louis Mountbatten-Windsor), when he becomes King of Canada.-- ctjj.stevenson 1/14/2006
Clark Gable's birth name was William Clark Gable.-- ars musica 12/3/2005
William T. Sherman was a Union General in the American Civil War.-- breakofday 12/16/2005
Well, William is a family name on my mother's side in each generation at least twice for the past 100 years or so. It is my brother's middle name along with my cousin, uncle and gradfather. My mother's name is Wiliamson so The traditionally family name is William Bryant Wiliamson, as the oldest of my mother's children it has carried to me to name my future son William. I think it is a good name but a little overused, and I don't like the nickname Billy, Bill or Will.-- BethanyE 12/20/2005
William is a good name for an old man, whereas Billy sounds more like a little boy.-- Dogsy 1/14/2006
William Shakespeare is a famous bearer! I'm proud of my self because I remember that. :-D-- Dahlis 1/29/2006
Wilhelm Rontgen, the man who discovered X-Rays, bore a more etymologically correct form of this name.-- eekeidee 2/24/2006
William is the name of the lead singer of the Black Eyed Peas.-- Anonymous User 3/6/2006
William was the name of the first Lycan (werewolf) in the "Underworld" movies.-- patchworkgirl 3/8/2006
Famous bearer is William McKinley, the 25th President of the United States.-- Anonymous User 3/26/2006
Famous bearer is William Howard Taft, the 27th President of the United States.-- Anonymous User 3/26/2006
Famous bearer is William Wordsworth, a British romantic poet.-- Anonymous User 3/26/2006
William Moseley who plays Peter Pevensie in The Chronicles of Narnia: the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is a famous bearer of the name.-- Wunderkind_Princess 3/28/2006
William Moseley is a great actor and I hope to see more of him soon!-- wefrox 4/6/2006
I don't really have an opinion about this name, but I think it is too grown-up sounding for a baby! I prefer the nickname Will to Bill, but Billy to Willy. A family I know with lots of Williams on both the maternal and paternal sides got the suggestion to nickname their baby Liam, which I thought was a good idea.-- kerrilouise 4/14/2006
Thankfully, a person is a baby for very little of his actual life! I wish more people would remember that when giving their children names.
I like the nicknames Will and Liam, but not Bill, Billy, or Willie. I also love William by itself.-- Baraka 7/4/2006
4 famous bearers are presidents: William H. Taft, William Henry Harrison, William "Bill" Clinton, and William McKinley.-- CoBy 4/25/2006
My dad's name is William but goes by Bill. I prefer the nickname Will for this name. I don't particulary like any of the other nicknames for it.-- Anonymous User 4/27/2006
Another famous bearer is explorer William Clark.-- CoBy 4/30/2006
Classic name that will never burn out. It is smart and fun. I prefer Will over Bill as a nickname. Good name!-- Anonymous User 6/22/2006
William "Will" Turner is from Pirates of the Carribean.-- Anonymous User 7/6/2006
William is a great name for a boy. A true classic. I don't like most of the nicknames for this name, I would either keep it as William or Will or maybe Liam but that's it.-- Anonymous User 7/6/2006
This is my uncle's name and my great-grandfather's name. I really like this name; it's very strong and masculine and I like the short form Will. It reminds me of a handsome man with black hair and ice-blue eyes!-- emeraldstar 7/10/2006
Emeraldstar, that's funny! Both my dad and grandpa had black hair and ice blue eyes and are - or in grandpa Bill's case, were - named William. It's my little brother's name, too, but he had brown eyes like Mom.-- VictoriaCalledTori 5/2/2007
I really like this name, it's strong, masculine and a timeless classic.
I have an Uncle called William though he prefers to be called Bill. I also have a 6 year old cousin called William who is very loud and full of energy and his name suits him prefectly.-- Anonymous User 7/18/2006
William Jones is a main character in the obscure manga Victorian Romance Emma.-- SerasVictoria 7/22/2006
Famous Danish-American actor is William Petersen (Grissomek from CSI).-- Maggie_Simpson 7/24/2006
William is Brad Pitt's real first name.-- beth16 8/14/2006
William Beckett is the front man of The Academy Is.-- pink_floyd_fan 8/25/2006
Prince William the Silent of Orange-Nassau was born is the 1530s and was said to have liberated the Dutch from Spain. The Holland national anthem is written about him.-- ekatz7 9/10/2006
I can't believe nobody has mentioned William Thomas Riker, first officer of the USS Enterprise in Star Trek: The Next Generation. Riker is a good man, but rather stubborn. He seems to be a woman magnet as well, but he ends up with Deanna Troi.-- Nicola17 9/12/2006
A famous bearer is William Wilberforce who abolished slavery in Great Britain.-- Anonymous User 9/23/2006
I really like this name. It seems like one of those names that will never go out of style. I think William and Alexander would make a good sibset. I never liked the nickname Billy before (just Will or Liam), but I recently met a boy whose name was shortened to Billy, and since then I've liked it a lot, since he is quite an intriguing character. It's also very fun to say "William Turner!". :)-- Pheadirean 11/2/2006
William H. Bonney AKA Henry McCarty AKA Billy The Kid is perhaps the most well known outlaw in American history and his death is still being investigated to this day.-- stuckonstupid 11/26/2006
My husband is called William and it was my favorite man's name before I met him. If we have a son we'd also call him William. He gets called Will a lot though. One of his friends calls him Bill which I think is horrid!-- emillylouise 12/21/2006
William Bradford (1590-1657) was one of America's founding fathers. He was governor of the colony of Plymouth and had a reputaion for dealing fairly with both colonists and Indians.-- breakofday 2/6/2007
William's earlier non-Norman form, Wilhelm, was present in England long before the Norman conquest and can be found in the Anglo-Saxon royal genealogies, so I think it's slightly misleading to say the name was introduced by the Normans.-- Beornhild 3/16/2007
I think this name is very nice and strong. I really like the nicknames Will or Willy/Willie for William. However, I don't like the nicknames Bill or Billy. No wonder it has been so popular throughout the years.-- CharlieRob 5/6/2007
Fitzwilliam Darcy is the man who is madly in love with Elizabeth Bennet in Jane Austen's Novel "Pride and Prejudice".-- So Be It 7/15/2007
William is Bill Weasley's real name. I love this name, in my opinion. It sounds formal, and yet simple. Perfect, really.-- stormy_lovegood 8/6/2007
Actors Parker Stevenson & Kirstie Allen have a son William Parker (1992).-- Maggie_Simpson 9/22/2007
I was more or less forced to name my son William because my husband had his heart set on naming his son William IV. (He was William III.) It wasn't what I would have chosen on my own. I felt that it had been way too common for so many centuries but I did think that it had fallen out of style in recent years. So I'm surprised to see by the popularity chart that it has never been out of the top twenty! I am happy to see all the positive comments about it on this site and I have to say that I do agree with them now. The name has grown on me over the past twenty-one years (the age my son is now.) Our William goes by Will. He likes his name and I can't imagine him having any other now.-- queenv 9/22/2007
Actors Mary-Louise Parker and Billy Crudup have a son William Crudup, born 7 January 2004.-- Maggie_Simpson 10/8/2007
A true classic name, I couldn't help but name my son this.-- Anonymous User 10/27/2007
In the movie "The Patriot" the main character's youngest son's name is William, but I do not know who plays him in the movie. I like this name.-- Patricia Underwood 3/20/2008
In the stage musical 'The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee', William Barfee is the name of a competitor. In the initial 2005 Broadway production, the character was portrayed by Dan Fogler. Fogler won a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for the role, the only cast member to win.-- AndrewJKD 4/7/2008
Dreadfully boring and overused! Bah! This must be the name of hundreds of thousands of men who were unwanted children. Parents either pick this name in honor of a relative or a famous person, which can be one way of getting it over with as fast as possible, or because they don't feel like wasting time thinking about the name of that little creature that they feel is only a burden anyway. Fair enough, this is not a bad name at all. It's just that it's not exactly an imaginative choice. There are already far too many Bills, Billys, Wills, etc. Many of these people are obnoxious. Think Bill Donoghue. He's utterly obnoxious. So is Bill Bryson. Come to think of it, I can't think of a William I like.-- slight night shiver 5/13/2008
Your comment was offensive and ridiculous. It's fine to say that William is boring, which is an opinion, and overused, which is a fact. But to go on from there and say that any baby named William is unwanted? It's ridiculous and insulting. Some people want to honor relatives, some people aren't into names, some people think a common name is best, and some people just like the name William. This doesn't mean their sons weren't wanted. My son is named William after his father, and he was very much a wanted child, thank you very much.-- queenv 9/21/2008
After William the Conqueror came around, about one in four boys in England were named after him.-- Dray 5/18/2008
Love the name - a very stong, proud (in the good sense) name. Always sounds classic.-- Anonymous User 7/1/2008
Number 11 for boys in 2005. I love this name, and I also like the nickname Will.-- Patricia Underwood 7/10/2008
A good, strong, wholesome name for a little boy.-- Daisy Miller 7/28/2008
Christa Miller and Bill Lawrence have a son William Lawrence, who was born on 3rd January, 2003.-- Emilie007 9/5/2008
William Beckett, lead singer for The Academy Is... (1985-)-- Mitsukai 12/7/2008
William "Billy" Corgan Jr., the vocalist and guitarist of the Smashing Pumpkins, bears this name.-- Anonymous User 1/10/2009
A famous bearer of the name is actor William Powell.-- Morninglory379 2/5/2009
William Thatcher is the main character in the movie "A Knight's Tale", based on the famed story "The Knight's Tale" from Geoffrey Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales".-- erb816 4/19/2009
William Shatner is most famous for his role as Captain James T. Kirk in the original Star Trek series of the late 1960's as well as several Star Trek movies later. His dramatic style is simultaneously respected as a classic character performance and parodied as campy and overdone. He currently can be seen in Priceline commercials.-- gorgen_kally 5/26/2009
William Pitt was the youngest prime minister in England's history; he worked closely with William Wilberforce for the abolition of the slave trade.-- breakofday 8/2/2009
William Žabka, he was born 20th October 1965, New York City, New York, USA. William's surname is pronounced "ZHAB-kah". His surname means "little frog".-- MaggieSimpson 8/22/2009
No one has mentioned William Birkin of the Resident Evil series. He's one of my favorite villains ever. I like the name, too!-- JillianNora 8/28/2009
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